Victoria Bay T-Shirt

[Pine]

The official T-Shirt for Victoria Bay has a Splitty on it - with a CAW number!

[s-thang]

hey pine
how much would these go for?

[Warwick-Lowlight]

Good stuff
Hope the bat is still all there after those storms
Have we got a number for the bell around the corner ??

[Ron&Gill]

Cold And Wet...

[Pine]

I'm waiting for a price on the T-shirts, and will let you know. The design is from murals by Steven Bibb, who re-created the nostalgia of the 'old' Victoria Bay.

'For many years I have dearly wanted to try and portray Victoria Bay over the period from 1958 to 1969, the time when I went to boarding school in George.
I started surfing Vic. Bay in 1964 up to 1969 when I eventually matriculated at Saint Outeniqua High School, a boarder from Plettenberg Bay in the local " koshuis " our favourite pastime involved bunking out with mates to Vic Bay to catch a few waves.

No leash, no wetsuit but a pair of black rugby shorts and a shitty " Sunsurf " Surfboard often accompanied by mates Dan Spangenberg, Steve Glover and Niel Liddell we joined up with Vic Bay locals Garth Stroebel and Brian Miles.
The latter two were very fine surfers of the day. Today Garth is a world class chef but Brian was killed in a plane crash many spring tides ago.

Several old photographs of the bay were sent to Steven Bibb in Jeffreys Bay and the brief was to try and create the period complete with " emotion, fantasy, nostalgia and infrastructure of the time. I believe my " trance mate " Steven Bibb has created a few masterpieces.

Working with Steven has been a pleasure and a good experience, I salute you Sir. The rest is history - Rob'

"The Kombi View" - if you were anybody and around the mid sixties, surfed and had chick with flowing hair in the back of the kombi this has to be for you.

"The Bay View" - Simply the most amazing view of any bay on the African coastline, when Vic. Bay is " going off " this has all surfers of any standard ...... frothing at the mouth!!

"The Jetty View" - The Bramwell Butler jetty built around 1925 has to be one of the most photographed jetties around and there are still folks who love jumping off the jetty to go for a surf.

"The Barrel View" - Vic. Bay still has it's dedicated bunch of beach break barrel surfers, this was the same all those years ago, some things never change

Growing up in CAW (George), Victoria Bay was our favourite beach and swimming spot - only about 10km from town. I took this pic of a friend's brothers'sBaja in 1986, note my Mom's 412 Variant in the background

Unfortunately I never learned to surf myself - when you are still in school, the logistics of getting a surfboard to the beach without your own car simply made it impossible.

[Dam]

If you took the photograph two years earlier, I would say that the white panel van is the one I still own today! Mine is ex-Cape Town I bought in 1984 with white painted steelies without hubcaps, but there were probably hundreds of them around that time
Very nice photos

[Pine]

Thanks, the Bus to the right of the Baja belonged to the original Fancourt hotel, before it became a golf estate

[Retrobug]

It always amazes me where Pine gets all these photos and historical info from!
Love the old photos!

[Thumper]

All these old photo's, together in a glossy coffee table book = best seller! ... just saying.